IT Project Manager (US Remote)

Motorola Solutions•New York, NY

1d•$105,000 - $115,000•Remote

About The Position

This position is for a project manager to maintain complete oversight of projects including communications and change management. The project manager will maintain project roadmaps, schedules, etc., as well as facilitating the project teams’ daily work and removing obstacles or impediments for the successful delivery and adoption.

Requirements

Project management skills: create and execute project plans, proactively manage risks/issues, maintain compliance with project management processes, have an eye for detail, independently maintain project documentation, drive follow-up on open actions, etc.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English: Identifies opportunities or problems and acts quickly and decisively to respond to the situation. Ability to drive productive conversations and team meetings. Active listening skills.
Excellent People skills: a combination of skills, including an ability to ask penetrating questions, detect unstated assumptions, and resolve conflict, and be able to work with cross-functional teams
Very strong team player, able to foster teamwork, collaboration, and a positive working environment within the project team.
Analytical skills: ability to perceive and analyze problems, develop alternatives, and recommend sound decisions
High degree of professionalism and integrity: Strong aptitude to learn and self-motivated. Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding, and rapidly changing environment. Recognize and deal appropriately with confidential and sensitive information
High level of interpersonal skills: Lead cross-functional teams. Identifies opportunities or problems and acts quickly and decisively to respond to the situation. Ability to understand and translate requirements.
Committed to ensuring that IT enables its customers by taking responsibility for service and quality.
Bachelors degree with 4+ years of profession IT experience and/or project manager experience
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Responsibilities

Ensure overall successful project delivery (on-time, on-budget, high quality, meeting business outcomes)
Lead projects with overall responsibility for successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling, status reporting, and closure
Drive activities to achieve measurable outcomes by managing schedule, resources, scope, deliverables, budget, risk, issues, dependency, vendor relationships, and communications
Collaborate with project and program leads to create overarching business cases, project charters, communication plans, delivery timelines, detailed schedules, and resources required
Lead Change management and communication activities on the project with IT and Business team members
Provides timely updates to the IT leads, functional leads, IT PMO, and key stakeholders by producing regular status reports and steering governance updates
Facilitate the team's daily work, including all the scheduled meetings
Create a collaborative environment that allows the team and stakeholders to interact closely
Remove the obstacles or impediments faced by the team in its work
Mentor the team members to adopt a truly Agile mindset, including ownership, self-management, and empowerment
Able to work after hours during critical windows (UAT, PROD Deployments)